Amy Berg To Helm Janis Joplin Doco

Acclaimed filmmaker Amy Berg ("Deliver Us From Evil," "West of Memphis") is set to direct and produce the upcoming Janis Joplin documentary "Janis: Little Girl Blue" for Disarming Films, Jigsaw Productions and American Masters.

Alex Gibney ("Taxi to the Darkside", "The Armstrong Lie") is producing alongside Jeff Jampol ("When You're Strange"). The film will have its U.S. broadcast premiere on the American Masters series on PBS.